Internationalisation beyond translation - with John Kilmister

As the world gets smaller Internationalisation (and Localisation) is something that more developers need to think about, yet it is a complex subject. It is also, however, one of those things that a few small changes at the right time can save a lot of effort down the line.

Through the talk we will cover a wide range of topics and areas from alphabets to zip codes, date formatting and time zones, through to how to handle national and cultural considerations in your work.

We will also look at how the C# code we write and the frameworks we use can both help and hinder the process of turning your application global.

By the end of the session you should have a new appreciation of some of the challenges with pointers on how to start approaching them. If you have never thought how to support a diverse world or what it would take to make an app/website work across the globe this may interest you.

John is a Dev South Coast regular and a developer for over 20 years. First starting as VB6 then a .net developer on the 1.1 framework. John has worked on a number of large international websites servicing many different countries in many different languages and is currently at Pure Gym as their Principal Software Architect.